Stage 1 fire restrictions begin Friday, June 18, 2021
The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Garfield County, U.S. Forest Service lands in Garfield and the seven Fire Districts in Garfield County are implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions effective at 12:01 a.m. Friday, June 18, 2021. This applies to all of unincorporated Garfield County. This decision was made with thoughtful consideration. We look at the data as well as the potential for significant wildfires and balance it with the impacts to our community. Our concern: With the level of fire danger we are seeing, one spark could quickly spread into a dangerous wildfire threatening
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Garfield County assists BLM decision on sage-grouse
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO –The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released an approved record of decision (ROD) on amendments to its northwest Colorado greater sage-grouse resource management plan that reflect contributions from Garfield County. The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners, which has served primarily in a cooperating agency role, worked with the BLM in its multiple-use mission to evaluate the policies contained in the development of its 2015 resource management plan for the protection of the sage-grouse in northwest Colorado. The goal of the plan is to provide protections that ensure the species need not be listed under the
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Garfield County supports sage-grouse habitat mapping revisions Updated maps more accurately show areas that are suitable for habitat, development
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Mapping of greater sage-grouse habitat in Colorado has been refined, updated, and supported by the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners. The Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC), of which Garfield County is a member, worked with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to update and refine habitat mapping in northwest Colorado. The mapping for six separate greater sage-grouse populations in northwest Colorado was updated in this project, including the Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) population. That population is located in central-western Garfield County and southern Rio Blanco County, which are also home to substantial, nationally recognized oil and gas
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